---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000024741-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLW"
cik: "0000024741"
company_name: "CORNING INC /NY"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:11:00.054230+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corning Q4 core sales $4.41B (+14% YoY), core EPS $0.72 (+26%); Meta deal up to $6B

## Summary
- Full-year 2025 core sales $16.41B (+13% YoY), core EPS $2.52 (+29%); GAAP EPS $1.83.
- Springboard plan upgraded: now targeting $11B incremental annualized sales by end of 2028.
- Q1 2026 guidance: core sales $4.2-4.3B (~15% YoY growth), core EPS $0.66-0.70.
- Adjusted free cash flow nearly doubled to $1.72B in FY2025 vs FY2023.
- Multi-year agreement with Meta worth up to $6B for next-gen data center technology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000024741-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLW
- cik: 0000024741
- company_name: CORNING INC /NY
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000034/0000024741-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000034/glw-20260128.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024741-26-000034.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.